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? . Forehead triangularly concave, without any marginal carina, apex of epis- 

 toma bituberculate, punctuation generally larger than that of the male ; the 

 prosternum similar in both sexes, keel very sparsely punctulate, lateral grooves not 

 connected at the base, and markedly abbreviated anteriorly ; the mesosternum is 

 also very sparsely punctured, punctures oblong, with a straight lateral groove behind 

 the coxae j the metasternmn is canaliculate in the middle, smooth along the borders 

 of the channel, with oblong punctures outside the smooth borders. 



Somewhat similar to T. hombacis. Lew., but it is larger and the 

 lateral grooves or sulci of the prosternum are abbreviated anteriorly. 



The thoracic carina o£ the ^ enables me to confirm what was 

 doubtful before, viz., that T. homhacis, Lew., was described from two 

 female examples. The female of T. indicus and T. homhacis has the 

 apex of the rostrum bituberculate. 



Hah. : Kanara (No. 841) ; two examples. 



HiSTEE EUGISTRIUS, LetO. 



Ann. and M. N. Hist., 1892, p. 346. 

 Amongst the Histeridce from Kanara there is also a fine series of 

 this species, but I find only one in the series agrees with the type 

 example in having the frontal stria interrupted, in others the irregular 

 punctures in the interstice behind the anterior angle are absent, and 

 the specimens vary in size from 5| to 8i mm. There are specimens 

 in the Museum of Calcutta taken by Mr. Cameron at Bangalore. 



The Firs, Inner Park E.oad, 



Wimbledon Common : June ZOth, 1893. 



OBSEEVATIONS ON COCCIBJE (No. 5). 



BT B. NEWSTEAD, E.E.S., 

 CTTEATOE OT' THE GEOSVENOE MUSEUM, CHESTER. 



y 

 PLATE III. 



All the species described in this paper were kindly forwarded to 

 me on September 29th, 1892, by Mr. Douglas, who received them 

 from the Botanic Garden at Demerara. I must apologize for having 

 kept our Demerara friends so long waiting, but overpressure of other 

 work prevented me from making any observations until now. 



AspiDiOTUS DICTTOSPERMT, Morgan. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxv, p. 352, pi. v, fig. 2. 

 Many specimens of a very remarkable var., of what I take to be 

 this species, on leaves of Areca triandra, described below as " var. 

 A. areccB.'''' 



